1. "Que eso del romanticismo a mí no se me da" what is the subject in that sentence? Why "da" not "doy"? 2."Dame algo tan bonito que le saque mil suspiros " what does the word " saque" mean here?? 3."En el amor no soy experto no se de dónde sacaste eso" what does "sacaste"mean here?? 4."No confundas palabrería por sentimiento ". What does "confundas palabrería" mean? All those sentences are from the song Querido Tommy. Pls feel free to answer those Q! Thank u!!!

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1. "Que eso del romanticismo a mí no se me da" what is the subject in that sentence? Why "da" not "doy"?       2."Dame algo tan bonito que le saque mil suspiros " what does the word " saque" mean here??                             3."En el amor no soy experto no se de dónde sacaste eso" what does "sacaste"mean here??                          4."No confundas palabrería por sentimiento ". What does "confundas palabrería" mean?                                        All those sentences are from the song Querido Tommy. Pls feel free to answer those Q! Thank u!!!

ficion · Answer

1. "What's that (thing) of romanticism? I've never been too fond of that."
(That "que" should probably a "qué" by the way.) "A mí no se me da", literally "to me, that's not happening (to me)". That "da" comes from the present third person singular of "dar" ("to give"), which in this sentence takes the meaning of "to giving oneself" which means "to happen", however, the pronoun "se" (it) is acting (as the subject) pronominally to the verb "da", and the pronoun "me" (me) is acting as the direct object. So the verb is "da" because the subject is actually in third person, not in first person (the first person "me" is the direct object here).
These "pronominal" pronouns and verbs, and oddly ordered sentences are usually pretty idiomatic (makes sense, since it's a song after all), but not always; "pronominal verbs" are the reason we say "me gusta" instead of "yo gusto" for "I like", so it's quite a complex topic. Also "dar" wouldn't have the meaning of "happening" if it weren't for it being acting pronominally, the same happens with "gustar" and many other verbs.
TL;DR in that sentence "se" is the subject and "me" is the direct object, so the verb must be conjugated to a present _third person_ inflection singular.

2. "Give me something that will make her sigh a hundreds times."
That "saque" comes from the subjunctive present first/third person singular  of "sacar" ("to take out"). Although the meaning is a bit more lyric here and instead of take it, it's more of a "to make someone take out". 

3. "I'm not an expert in love, what would make you think that?" (It's not literally saying "what would make you think that?" in Spanish, but "no sé de dónde sacaste eso" is an idiom).
That "sacaste" comes, again, from "sacar", the perfect past second person singular inflection. Here however, "sacar" has a meaning of "to come up with". Last part literally says "from where did you came up with that?".

4."Don't confuse blurb with sentiment."
"Palabrería" (from "palabras") means "blurb" or "wordiness". Many words, or words that don't have much meaning or are untrue. "Confundas" comes from the subjunctive present second person singular of "confundir" (you guessed it, "to confuse"). "Confudir palabrería" is obviously "confuse blurb".

Sorry for my horrible writing and complex answers, please let me know if you have any question.

cmelero23 · Answer

1) Either "eso del romanticismo" or "qué". With the verbs "ser", "estar" and "parecer" you can choose as subject two options. Hence, 3rd person, "da" instead of "doy"

2) Sacar algo (de) = "Take sth out (from)"

Here: Sacarme mil suspiros = Takes (out) 1000 sighs from me

3) By context: "Where you took that from", "got that from", "learnt that from", etc

4) Hard to literally translate. Kind of: "Don't mix up just words with feelings".

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